#78A9DB#78A9DB

#78A9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.090 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A9DB
RGB	rgb(120, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(210, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -3.09, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 30.53, 264.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0313 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.09 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7156, 37.4812, 72.4094)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A9DB #DBAA78

analogous

#78DBDB #78A9DB #7978DB

triadic

#78A9DB #DB78A9 #A9DB78

tetradic

#78A9DB #DB78DB #DBAA78 #78DB79

square

#78A9DB #DB78DB #DBAA78 #78DB79

split-complementary

#78A9DB #DB7978 #DBDB78

monochromatic

#2E6CAB #488ACE #78A9DB #A8C8E8 #D9E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#78A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#78A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A9DB

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A9DB	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.090 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c2e6',
    500: '#78a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a9db;
$custom-light: #a3c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.303,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A9DB

secondary

#E7D8C7

accent

#7420C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A9DB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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